Osha Neumann writes at CounterPunch: This very odd question occurred to me after Terry Messman, the editor of Street Spirit, suggested I write something for the paper in conjunction with the publication…

Dan Mage, writing at OpEdNews, from 2011: “I first encountered the term “Fundamentalist-Materialism” in the work of Robert Anton Wilson; it appears in several of his non-fiction works, including “The Cosmic Triggger”…

Happy goddamned holidays. Deepashri Varadharajan writes at Al Jazeera America: In the United States, 21 cities have restricted sharing food with homeless people through legislation or community pressure since January 2013, and…

Ehab Zahriyeh writes at Al Jazeera America: Despite a decrease in the U.S. homeless population, new research by an advocacy group for the homeless indicates an alarming increase in violent crimes targeting…

A fictional reflection on the realities of homelessness. Meng-hu writes at hermit’s thatch: Fictional, but based on an actual conversation, with the interlocutor here speaking. I’ve been homeless for ten years. I…

Jamie Utt writes at the Good Men Project: The internet is in agreement: Fuck Abercrombie & Fitch. The collective outrage has produced some fantastic responses. My favorite comes from Amy Taylor who proclaims, “I am…

In the coming years, expect living in the tunnel cities with the outlaws, rejects, and copper bandits to become an increasingly popular lifestyle option. From Kansas City’s KMBC: Kansas City police uncovered…

You may see homeless people everyday and never suspect them. Conversely, that panhandler on the street corner may not be homeless at all. But, perhaps, you have that fear in the back of your mind that such a fate could happen to you.

Another day, another story of Arizona military or law enforcement personnel terrorizing vulnerable segments of the civilian population. The Arizona Republic reports: According to interviews with military officers and records obtained by…

A Texas city council ruled this week that a homeless man who found $77,000 worth of gold collectible coins and $100 bills in a river could keep his treasure.

Bastrop City Council voted 6–0 Tuesday night that the money Timothy Yost found while washing his feet in the Colorado River Jan. 18 belonged to him. The city has had possession of the money since that time.

“It was a considerable sum of money, and we anticipated it would draw a fair amount of attention,” Bastrop Mayor Terry Orr said. “The city could have kept the money, because no one came forward to claim it, but we elected not to do that. It’s clearly Mr. Yost’s.”

Yost, 46, said he was close to Fisherman’s Park when he found the money in a bag. He told police he’d kicked it, and the bag made a weird sound. When he opened it up, he found 70 $100 bills and 40 Krugerrand gold coins from South Africa inside…